carb removal on 71

[majicwrench]

Love the story. If I recall fiat pump does not blow up on you, and is easy to deal with. Mine has flat hood, and I think I have two spares. No clue when they changed 74?? maybe. All I've got is oldies.

Finger under accel pump, then check fuel pressure as above.

Keith

[georgeramos]

My 71 had its original carb when I bought it. The accelerator pump diaphragm was leaking and it was very obvious, primarily the raw fuel smell but also the little puddle below the pump. I pulled the carb to rebuild it and bought the kit but there are 2 other diaphragms inside the carb that are no longer made and impossible to find and mine were worn through. I have an old thread in which I photographed them to see if anyone here had spares and no luck. i ended up buying a new carb and going with a single plane manifold and the car sounds and feels much nicer.

I kind of liked the mechanical choke though although I guess I dont miss it. Recently I was looking under the dash and when I saw the manual choke lever I was thinking "what the heck is that for?"

duh